As usual, feel free to post whatever you like, including links to your own posts, in the comments. Here’s some of what I’ve read lately:<\/p>\n
Mind The Gap!: Excellent link farm of posts and articles regarding Veiling<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Republic of T: Return of QueerlyKos<\/a><\/strong> Brownfemipower: Awesome Photographs of Demonstrations In Support of the People of Oaxaca<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Obsidian Wings: Poverty, The Minimum Wage, And The Resources to Survive Bad Luck<\/a><\/strong> Feministe: NY Allows Transsexuals – Including Non-Operative Transsexuals – To Change Sex Listed On Their Birth Certificates.<\/a><\/strong> YouTube: Dove Commercial: From model to billboard in a minute and fourteen seconds<\/a><\/strong> Abyss2Hope: Systematic Intimate Abuse Is Like The Stanford Prison Experiment<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n …it also reminded me of the 1971 Stanford prison experiment where half the students in the study were assigned to be guards and the other half were assigned to be inmates and then the situation was allowed to unfold from there. […] The power imbalance between the assigned roles, the isolation and the lack of ethical guidelines were a toxic mix at Stanford and they are a toxic mix in relationships.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n TomPaine.com: Why Bill Cosby Is Wrong<\/a><\/strong> (Curtsy: Prometheus 6<\/a>)<\/p>\n Black poverty fell 10.6 percentage points from 1993 to 2000 (from 33.1 to 22.5 percent) to reach its lowest level on record. Black child poverty fell an unprecedented 10.7 percentage points in five years (from 41.9 percent in 1995 to 31.2 percent in 2000).<\/p>\n The “culture of poverty” argument cannot explain these trends. Poor black people did not develop a “culture of success” in 1993 and then abandon it for a “culture of failure” in 2001.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Brownfemipower: Response To Daran<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Blac(k)ademic: Video of “Sienfeld” co-star Michael Richards’ Racist Diatribe<\/a><\/strong> Abyss2Hope: Principal Temporarily Suspends Girl From Taking Weightlifting Out Of Fear She’d Be Raped<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n MSM: Black Teacher Says She Was Fired For Her Hairstyle<\/a><\/strong> The Well-Timed Period: “Parental Notification” Laws Don’t Reduce Abortion, But They Do Lay The Ground For Forced Abortion<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The Gimp Parade: Yes, Disabled Accessibility Is Definitely A Feminist Issue<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n [Insert Witty Title]: Why Aren’t There More Women In Math And Science? (guest post by Thinking Girl)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Balkinization: Are Same-Sex Schools Constitutional?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The key issue, as I explain below, is whether single-sex education revives old stereotypes about women’s roles, whether single sex education sacrifices girls’ interests to benefit boys, and finally, whether single-sex education is a cheap fix that does little to solve longer term issues of quality education in inner-city schools. These are key questions to consider in assessing whether the new Bush Administration regulations are constitutional. Curtsy: A Bird And A Bottle<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Electric Boogaloo: 22 Reasons To Breastfeed<\/a><\/strong> Word Munger: Is Blackface Always Offensive?<\/a><\/strong> Article: Is Morbid Obesity a Disability?<\/a><\/strong> PunkAssBlog: The hardcore anti-gay-marriage crowd is settin\u2019 its sights on no fault divorce<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Alternet: Good Summary Article Regarding the Lancet Study Of Iraqi Deaths<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Abstract Nonsense: Are Religious Beliefs An Excuse For Homophobia?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s true that the average Christian homophobe doesn\u2019t hate gays because of Leviticus 18:22 but rather looks up to that verse because of homophobia. But that homophobia developed in a society influenced by religious sermons; and the priests who gave them are sufficiently ideological that they would hate gays because of the Bible. That scripture alone makes hardly anyone a bigot is irrelevant when the people it does turn into bigots are religious leaders who\u2019ll spread their hatred among average believers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Mr. Sauerkraut’s Sour Blog: Borat <\/em>Deceived And Exploited Poor Romanians<\/a><\/strong> (Curtsy: My Private Casbah<\/a>).<\/p>\n Debitage: Why White Liberals Get So Defensive About Racism<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n My Private Casbah: What Kind Of Person Sees A Creature Over A Century Old And Thinks “I Know! I’ll Kill It And Eat It!”?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Pandagon: What a Funny Homophobe Lou Sheldon Is!<\/a><\/strong> Balkinization: The South Dakota Abortion Ban Signaled A New Dominance Of “We’re Against Abortion Because Abortion Is Anti-Woman” Pro-Life Rhetoric<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Mixing Memory: Gender, Math, Stereotype Threat, And Testosterone<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n As of yet, no one has a theory explaining how innate differences account for the fact that gender differences disappear in untimed tests, in numerical problems vs. word problems, and when stereotype threat is alleviated. This doesn’t mean that there aren’t innate differences, but it does mean that for now, the best evidence we have indicates that social factors play a strong role in gender differences in math, and it would be a mistake to overlook them, particularly in the search for innate differences that cannot explain the data.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Thinking Girl: Infinity Is Quite Big (guest post by Craig)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Daily Kos: How The Same-Sex Marriage Ban Lost In Arizona<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n [Crossposted at Creative Destruction<\/a>. If your comments aren\u2019t being approved here, try there.]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As usual, feel free to post whatever you like, including links to your own posts, in the comments. Here’s some of what I’ve read lately: Mind The Gap!: Excellent link farm of posts and articles regarding Veiling Republic of T: … Continue reading
\nAnother excellent link farm, this one focused on lesbian and gay issues.<\/p>\n
\nThis post is kind of “poverty 101,” but that can be useful — and I don’t think the progressive policy blogosphere has a better writer than Hilzoy. Go read.<\/p>\n
\n“Applicants would have to have changed their name and shown that they had lived in their adopted gender for at least two years, but there would be no explicit medical requirements.” This makes me happy.<\/p>\n
\nI’ve criticized Dove’s “Real Beauty” campaign in the past, but this ad is terrific.<\/p>\n
\nCreative Destruction: Media Fails To Note Sex Of Victims When Men Are Massacred<\/a><\/strong>
\nThe post is written by Daran, and so naturally contains needless feminist-bashing, which (as usual) boils down to Daran being angry that feminists are neglecting to pay enough attention to men. However, I think the point he makes in this and other posts – that men are being singled out for violence and slaughter in Iraq, and that this is unjustly ignored by the media – is true.<\/p>\n
\nSee also The Moderate Voice<\/a> for a detailed summary of events, Blackprof.com<\/a> on Richards’ bizarre denial that he could be a racist, and Prometheus 6<\/a> brief quote on free speech.<\/p>\n
\nCBC: The Denial Machine<\/a><\/strong>
\nA Canadian-produced news documentary, documenting the scientists, corporations and politicians behind global warming denial. (You can view the entire 40 minute documentary online; look for the link on the right). Not only a good documentary on the arrogant, money-worshiping liars who have prevented action on global warming; but a documentary in which the voiceover pronounces “out” like “oot.” Always good for a giggle for provincial Americans like me. Curtsy: Deltoid<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nCurtsy: Blackfeminism.org<\/a><\/p>\n
\nThe Republic of T: Rights available were he to marry a random woman on the subway, versus those available to him and his husband of six years.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
\nWarning: Satire. It totally cracked me up, but….<\/p>\n
\nWhile agreeing that blackface in most cases is offensive, Dave argues that the Kate Moss cover is significantly different.<\/p>\n
\nCurtsy: The Gimp Parade<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nHugo Schwyzer: Why Hugo Hated Borat<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
\nNo, really, this post – full of “fear the homosexual agenda!” type quotes – cracked me up.<\/p>\n
\nBalkinization: First-Past-The-Post Versus Other Election Systems<\/a><\/strong>
\nHow First-Past-The-Post made Rick Perry Governor of Texas with support from less than 40% of voters.<\/p>\n